MCSE Jobs in the South East

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) formerly Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East with a requirement for MCSE qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months leading up to 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 288 272 389
Rank change year-on-year -16 +117 -55
Permanent jobs citing MCSE 66 89 121
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.44% 0.77% 0.55%
As % of the Qualifications category 1.37% 1.92% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 24 54 115
10th Percentile £26,750 £23,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £27,875 £27,313 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +6.67% +11.11%
75th Percentile £36,000 £53,586 £54,000
90th Percentile £44,625 £60,250 £65,683
England median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
South East

MCSE falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the South East.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 4,814 4,629 8,259
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 31.90% 39.95% 37.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,888 2,312 3,312
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £29,388
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,988 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +2.97% +1.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,250 £65,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing MCSE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for MCSE in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing MCSE in the South East.

Salary trend for MCSE in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing MCSE in the South East over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for MCSE in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MCSE within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hampshire -33 44 £40,000 +10.34% 1
Kent -15 11 £33,000 -17.50% 1
Thames Valley +4 5 £31,750 -9.93% 3
West Sussex +25 4 £27,500 -
Buckinghamshire -1 2 £35,000 -7.28% 1
Oxfordshire - 2 - - 2
Surrey - 2 £54,000 - 2
Berkshire +5 1 £28,500 -10.94%
MCSE
England

MCSE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 40 (60.61%) Azure
2 39 (59.09%) Azure AI
2 39 (59.09%) Azure DevOps
2 39 (59.09%) IBM Cloud
3 1 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.06%) SAN
2 3 (4.55%) Wireshark
3 2 (3.03%) Firewall
3 2 (3.03%) Intranet
3 2 (3.03%) NAS
4 1 (1.52%) Internet
4 1 (1.52%) Network Security
4 1 (1.52%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (1.52%) SNMP
4 1 (1.52%) SSL
4 1 (1.52%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) SQL Server
General
1 41 (62.12%) Public Sector
2 13 (19.70%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (12.12%) Social Skills
4 2 (3.03%) Finance
5 1 (1.52%) Legal
Job Titles
1 11 (16.67%) Lead
2 10 (15.15%) 2nd/3rd Line Support
2 10 (15.15%) 3rd Line Support
3 5 (7.58%) IT Engineer
3 5 (7.58%) IT Support
4 4 (6.06%) IT Support Technician
4 4 (6.06%) IT Technician
4 4 (6.06%) Support Technician
5 3 (4.55%) NOC Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Field Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Field Service Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 2 (3.03%) IT Infrastructure Engineer
7 1 (1.52%) Analyst
7 1 (1.52%) Infrastructure Analyst
7 1 (1.52%) Infrastructure Manager
7 1 (1.52%) IT Support Engineer
7 1 (1.52%) Network Manager
7 1 (1.52%) Server Engineer
7 1 (1.52%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (59.09%) Blockchain
1 39 (59.09%) Distributed Systems
1 39 (59.09%) Hybrid Cloud
2 6 (9.09%) Data Centre
3 3 (4.55%) Driving Licence
3 3 (4.55%) Raspberry Pi
4 2 (3.03%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.03%) Data Protection Act
4 2 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.52%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 45 (68.18%) Linux
2 39 (59.09%) Alpine Linux
2 39 (59.09%) CentOS
2 39 (59.09%) Debian
3 16 (24.24%) Windows
4 4 (6.06%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (60.61%) Task Automation
2 39 (59.09%) Artificial Intelligence
2 39 (59.09%) CI/CD
2 39 (59.09%) Co-Creation
2 39 (59.09%) Data Science
2 39 (59.09%) DevOps
2 39 (59.09%) Functional Testing
2 39 (59.09%) Separation of Concerns
2 39 (59.09%) Technology Transformation
3 18 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
4 15 (22.73%) ITIL
5 12 (18.18%) Project Management
6 11 (16.67%) Incident Management
6 11 (16.67%) Mentoring
6 11 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
6 11 (16.67%) Proactive Maintenance
6 11 (16.67%) Process Improvement
6 11 (16.67%) Strategic Planning
7 6 (9.09%) Customer Service
8 3 (4.55%) Proactive Monitoring
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.52%) SQL
Qualifications
1 66 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 49 (74.24%) MCSA
3 39 (59.09%) Azure Certification
4 25 (37.88%) Cisco Certification
5 15 (22.73%) CCNP
6 14 (21.21%) CCNA
7 5 (7.58%) Degree
7 5 (7.58%) Network+ Certification
7 5 (7.58%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (3.03%) A+ Certification
9 2 (3.03%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.52%) DBS Check
10 1 (1.52%) LPIC
10 1 (1.52%) MCP
System Software
1 39 (59.09%) Docker
2 11 (16.67%) Active Directory
3 5 (7.58%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (3.03%) Firmware
4 2 (3.03%) vSphere
5 1 (1.52%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 39 (59.09%) Kubernetes
1 39 (59.09%) Terraform
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 42 (63.64%) Red Hat
2 39 (59.09%) IBM
3 24 (36.36%) Microsoft
4 17 (25.76%) Cisco
5 6 (9.09%) VMware
6 5 (7.58%) Apple
7 3 (4.55%) Dell
7 3 (4.55%) Fortinet
7 3 (4.55%) HP
7 3 (4.55%) Palo Alto
8 2 (3.03%) Sage
8 2 (3.03%) Veeam
9 1 (1.52%) Adobe
9 1 (1.52%) Aruba
9 1 (1.52%) Citrix
9 1 (1.52%) Draytek
9 1 (1.52%) Juniper
9 1 (1.52%) SonicWALL
9 1 (1.52%) WatchGuard